Only true history-lovers know this story about the man who saved the world

The man who saved the world, reprimanded in his own country but still awarded in the USA and Germany.



"War does not determine who is right - only who is left."

Bertrand Russel


On the 26th of September, 1983, Soviet nuclear defense alarms went off. The protocol required to launch a retaliatory attack without hesitation. On that day, Stanislav Petrov was on duty on his shift in Soviet Army Missile Forces and had to take a landmark decision.

At that time, he was a lieutenant colonel of Soviet Army and happened to be the duty officer in Serpukhov-15, a command center not far from Moscow.

Find out more about the story from Stanislav Petrov himself:


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39 Comments
Barbara Cunningham
A man, yes, but with the guiding light of the "All-Powerful" shining on him that day.
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Dec 7, 2017 7:15PM
Dorothy Weal Dunshea
I knew the name, but not the story. I feel like saying. Bless him. Thank you.
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Mar 28, 2020 5:31PM
Jaya Parimu
Great man , blessed with sense of time , precision ,decision at an appropriate time.
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Jun 6, 2021 5:18PM
Ilias Tsiabardas
God bless his Soul for saving millions of lives that Day 🙏
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Apr 24, 2024 8:44PM
Remedios Prado-Ambrocio
God bless his soul!
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Jul 6, 2023 4:17AM
David Heinz
Yes, I read about this incident before and in my humble opinion, I think that God had His hand on the decision that Petrov made and I thank Our Lord God often.
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May 12, 2023 8:08PM
Doris Dallaire
A very wise decision from this brave man. Thank you so much!
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Feb 26, 2023 5:32PM
Don Markusic
Brenda Luca Difiore, Where was God during the holocaust when women and children were experiment on .
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Aug 15, 2020 4:30PM
Don Markusic
drhauss, The same JFK got us started in Vietnam . What about the Bay of Pigs . And I voted for this loser .
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Aug 15, 2020 4:29PM
Don Markusic
jsmcdonald, Next thing you're going to tell me you believe in the Bible . Prove it baby then I'll believe.
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Aug 15, 2020 4:25PM
jsmcdonald
I the man who saved the world was Jesus Christ!
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May 10, 2020 10:03PM
ejoet
magoutsiders, Who?
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Mar 4, 2020 4:47PM
drhauss
Cool HEAD
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Dec 1, 2019 11:21PM
drhauss
I am SURE there are MORE CLOSE calls than we are allowed to KNOW or WANT to KNOW. Cuban missile crises for one. JFK, AGAINST ALL MILITARY ADVICE, kept us from going to WAR by using a soft hand, a cool hand, and allowing the OPPOSITION to save face. Ego is very IMPORTANT in politics, EVERYTHING in fact. Empathy so important, SOMETHING our fearful LEADER lacks TOTALLY, along with ETHICS, COURAGE, KNOWLEDGE, etc etc etc etc etc. I have a !ist on one of my notepads that i toy with, as the mood moves me.
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Dec 1, 2019 11:21PM
kevcali
Barbara Cunningham, The Omni-present and Savior!
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Sep 27, 2019 7:41PM
Kathleen Hartshorne
A man who unknown to all back the saved the world. I'm very happy that he could do that for us. I was not even born then but I'm happy anyway.
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Jul 10, 2019 5:14PM

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